Advertising device.



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.HAR. 4, 1912.

G. A. HIBSG ADVERTISING PPLIOATIOH FILED v Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

CHARLES A. HIBSCHMAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, OI-II O.

ADVERTISING nnvrcn.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented. De... 24,1912.

Application filed March 4, 1912. Serial No. 681,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A.-H1Bsonr- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a'specification. I c

My invention relates to advertising devices and particularly to a variable indicator applicable to advertising purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide as a new artlcle of manufacture a devlce for advertising purposeswhich will be cheap 15.

and economical in manufacture, easily operated and unlikely to'get out of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device which may be readily attached to or removed from a glass show case top or other suitable supporting surface.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of bearing for the indicator which while economical in manufacture will afford minimum resistance to themovement of the member.

With the aboveprimary and other incidental objects in view as will more fully appear in the specification the invention consists of the features of construction, the parts and combination thereof and the mode of operation, or their equivalents, as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a show case to which the device forming the subject matter hereof has been attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section of the assembled device. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the indicator in reversed position'to show the under side thereof. Fig. 4: is an end elevation of the assembled device, partly in section and removed from the supporting surface.

Like parts are indicated by similar'characters of reference throughout the several views. p v

In the drawings, 1 is the frame of a show case and 2 the glass top thereof to which the device forming the subject matter hereof has been attached. The device comprises a pivoted indicator 3 preferably in the form of an arrow as shown in the drawing which is detachably suspended from the under side of the supporting surface by means of a suction cup 4. The suction cup at isa concave member of rubber or other flexible material and carries a stud 5 from which projects the trunnion pin 6. The shaft of the arrow or indicator 3 is formed U or gutter shaped.

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In assemblin the device the concave side of such U shaped shaft is" preferably turned downward. Lo-

catedwithin the recess of the U shaped shaft is alperforated spherical member 7 which may be of metal orother suitable material but forconvenience and economy is preferably a glass bead. The trunnion pin 6 extends through this glass bead 7 and through 1 the shaft of the arrow or indicator and can ries on opposite sides of the spherical body 7 similar perforated spherical bodies or glass beads 8 and 9. These spherical bodies 7, .8 I

and 9 afford smooth hardbearing surfaces of-minimum extent and being themselves loose upon the trunnion pin 6 afford practically no resistance to the'rotary movement of the arrow or indicator.

' An annular bandlO is provided to be attion cup 4. The annular band 10 is adapted I ,to carry a series of indications which may be figures, letters, words, pictures or sentences. In using the device in a retail store the names of various articles of merchandise may be placed upon the annular band 10 or sentences descriptive of such merchandise maybe employed. For instance ina cigar store the names of the various brands of cigars handled by the merchant or a band removedvfrom such cigars may be attached to the annular band 10 at spaced intervals and the arrow or indicator employed to call particular attentionto any one of this series of different cigars. The deviceis like-wise applicable to departmentstores, where different bargain sales are conducted, throughout the store, at diflerent hours during the day. In such case, the annular band 10 may be made to carry announcements of the sales in the different departments and the hours thereof. In such use, one of the devices would be applied to every show case throughout the In applying the device, the annular band 10, which in its manufacture has been applied with adhesive material, is applied to the glass top of the show case. The suction cup 4, after being slightly moistened, is pressed against the under side of such glass show case top at a point approximately in the center of the annular band 10. The suction cup 4 is pressed against the supporting surface with sufficient force to partially eX- pel the air within the concave recess of said cup, whereupon the external air pressure will maintain the cup in its adjusted position, with the arrow or indicator in its suspended position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

It is obvious that the device may be attached in either manner to the top surface of the show case or other support, or it may be attached to a window, wall or other perpendicular support. However, when attached to the under side of a show case top as shown in the drawing, the device occupies a position which is otherwise lost and in which it will not interfere with the sale or handling of goods over such show case. The device is further capable of use merely as an amusement device.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus produced an advertising device of the character described, possessing the particular features of ad vantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detail construction and arrangement of parts, without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute, the invention has been herein described in language more or less specific as to struc tural features, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to any specific details, but that the means and mechanism my hand this 26th day of February herein described, comprise but one mode of putting the lnventlon into effect, and the invention is therefore claimed broadly in any of its possible forms or modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a pivot-ed indicator, a trunnion therefor, a spherical body carried on said trunnion adjacentto the indicator and forming a thrust bearing therefor, a suction cup upon which the trunnion is carried and by which it may be detachably engaged with a convenient surface, substantially as specified.

2. As an article of manufacture, a pivoted indicator, a trunnion therefor, a suction cup by which said trunnion is carried and by which it may be detachably secured to a supporting surface, and a member having a series of indications thereto adapted to be secured to the supporting surface in a position concentric with the point of attachment of the trunnion, substantially as speci 3. As an article of manufacture, a pivoted arrow having a grooved shaft, a spherical body located in the groove of the shaft coincident with the pivoted point of the arrow, a trunnion passing through the arrow and spherlcal body, addltional spherical bodles located on sa1d trunnion above and below said first mentioned spherical body, and a member having a series of indications arranged concentric with said trunnion, sub stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 1912. CHARLES A. HIBSCHMAN. lVitnesses:

GEORGE W. TEI-IAN, F. J. WINKLER.

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